Open Panzer Sound Card - Firmware Version History
0.93.61
6/27/2021
- Remove squeak startup delay.
0.93.60
9/3/2019
- Add preheat sound, a sound that can be played when the user chooses to delay engine start to allow
time for the smoker heating element to heat up.
0.93.51
7/23/2019
- Fix function initialization bug in RC mode.
0.93.50
7/21/2019
- Fix mute bug in hardware version 3.
0.93.49
5/7/2019
- Add command to stop any user sound currently playing.
- Expand number of cannon ready/reloaded sounds to 5, to be selected at random each time the cannon
is ready/completes reloading.
0.93.41
9/16/2018
- Bug fix to permit TCB to adjust auto-loop settings for sound banks.
0.93.40
9/14/2018
- Add sound-bank functionality - two banks of 20 sounds that can be manipulated like a standard playlist,
eg play next, play previous, play random. Will require TCB/OP Config/INI Creator version 0.93.40 or later.
- Random selection of sound groups is now truly random (previous implementation was not truly random).
- Add firmware ability to recognize V3 hardware.
0.93.30
7/22/2018
- Firwmare changes to support light outputs and recoil servo output now available in hardware Version 3 of the sound card board.
- Firmware changes to support INI settings files for RC mode, as generated by the "INI Creator Utility" released by the Open Panzer project.
0.93.20
4/8/2018
- Fixed bug that prevented user from stopping an already playing user sound, the same bug also permitted
a user sound to be started multiple times simultaneously which would not be desired.
- Added an alternate (and optional) idle sound to be played when vehicle is damaged, in the manner of Tamiya (enidle_d.wav)
- Added alternate (and optional) "manual" turret rotation sounds to be played when the vehicle engine is off (turret_m.wav is the repeating portion,
optional start and stop sounds are tr_strtm.wav and tr_stopm.wav)
- Added a second light sound to be played automatically when Light 2 (L2 output) is turned on or off via the TCB (see the Sounds tab of OP Config to enable this option).
- Increased the number of user sounds from 6 to 12.
- Changed RC signal handling to allow more flexibility, and made a start on using an INI file to configure settings when used without a TCB in RC mode (not completed).
0.93.01
2/3/2018
- Firmware changes to accommodate the new MAX9768 10 watt amplifier on the second hardware version of
the sound card. Firmware can now detect the hardware version automatically.
- Various adjustments to help avoid clicking/popping/hissing sounds at startup and when sounds are not playing.
0.92.12
11/25/2017
- Add cannon ready sound. When paired with the TCB, will play a notification sound ("reloaded.wav") as a courtesy to the
user to let them know the cannon is ready to be fired again. The reload time is determined by the tank's weight class
as defined in OP Config.
0.01.01
4/22/2017